Management of Electoral Roll in metro (Chennai)

Chennai District  3 Parliamentary Constituency's No.2 Chennai North, No.3 Chennai Central, No.4 Chennai South  16 Assembly Constituency’s No.11 R.K.Nagar, No.12 Perambur, No.13 Kolathur, No.14 Villivakkam, No.15 Thiru-vi-ka Nagar(SC), No.16 Egmore(SC), No.17 Royapuram, No.18 Harbour, No.19 Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni, No.20 Thousand lights, No.21 Anna Nagar, No.22 Virugambakkam, No. 23 Saidapet, No.24 Thiyagaraya Nagar, No.25 Mylapore, No.26 Velachery  Chennai Corporation having 10 zonal Offices and 155 Wards 2

Electors and EPIC Details 3

Problems… n Low turn out at designated centers q Online Capturing Difficult q Willingness to travel (0.75 km) q Willingness to wait (20 minutes

Problems

Problems.. n Photo capture manual intervention q Mismatch between photos q Scanning issues q Linking Issues n Photo Capture through digital cameras q Availability of cameras q Linking errors q Outsourcing q Working class

Problems.. q Weekends/ Early morning q Acceptability Women Preferred n Reached 96% n Towards 100% q EPIC operators/House Visit n Center Vs House visits q Photo Collection and Scanning

Problems n Rented Accommodation q Frequent Shifting (11 months) q Lodges, Working women’ hostels q Owner resistance for registering n Tenancy rights n Property tax q Tenements n Claims

Issues n BLO q No Territorial officer q VAO vs Municipal Staff q Diverse category n Teachers, Engineers, Health staff etc., q Different educational qualifications n SSLC to Degree q Inadequacy n Unequal distribution

Issues n Regular work q JE, Conservancy Inspector etc., n No personal contacts with electors n No system of information collection Quality of out put

Youth for Democracy Age wise Projected Population and Electors 12

Youth for Democracy n Enrollment of Youth q Low ? Why? How? Time? n Capture at college q 64 colleges q Principal as nodal person q Association for Democracy (AFD) n Volunteers n Red Ribbon Clubs q Form 6 to AFD q Collection of filled forms

Youth for Democracy n Online Birth certificates q n Awareness creation q CEO Attended College Functions q Meeting with AFD q Red Ribbon Clubs q Impromptu adoption of skits n Street Volunteers non college crowd q NYK, SHG

RWAs.. Effective BLO n Resident Welfare Associations q MSB ( Multi storied Buildings) q Residential street (ExNora) q Nagar (Locality) q 1200 n Civic Activities q Community civic police n Photo Collection q Verification by staff

RWAs….. n Shifting information q Left out and rented q Old & New House nos q Acts as information provider to BLO

Technology n Rented house Register your phone no n Integrated Grievance redressal module n Online forms with pic q Interfaces Internet and Mobile technology q 24x7; 1913 q Online Registration q Phone Registration q SMS registration q SMS for quick action Online registration of phone no q Updating of the status

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Suggestion  Linking with AADHAR (UID)  AADHAR to be included in elector roles extra column  Phone with biometric id so polling personnel can be reduced  Exclusive Election Staff as B.L.O  Continuance Updation throughout the Year  Online search facility  Multiple search  Online Form with photo 20